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  1. Canadian Eh!? on Canadian Bureaucrats Don't "Think Different" · · Score: 1

    I don't think there is any link between Canadian Bureaucrats and those from Quebec!
    Quebec is it's own nation after all! Well, kind of...

  2. Some Fun-ding! on Web OS, ajaxWindows Launched · · Score: 1

    This is a product someone wants to sell?
    Why are there javascript errors?
    Why does is spawn new browser windows for everything? Even Google products, which have api's that make them quite simple to embed!

    This kind of sloppy javascript really pisses me off!

    I've been working on an Ajax based javascript Windowed CRM project for the better part of a year, to be released beta in December, and until today I wasn't sure how it would be received by the public or investors! Wow! I can't wait now!

    If this product can get funded... apparently you can toss together almost anything and have fun wasting other peoples money.

    To keep sane I have to believe that there are "good" products out there that are looking for funding, not just this crap!

  3. Re:This is troubling on Zap2It Labs Discontinuing Free TV Guide Service · · Score: 2, Informative

    They are commercial!!

    Zap2It is "Tribune Media Services, Inc", they provide "bulk" guide data to large TV services, such as Telco's(IPTV) and Satellite providers.
    http://www.tms.tribune.com/products.html

  4. Re:Old News? on Five AJAX Frameworks Reviewed · · Score: 1

    I agree!! Most, if not all, of the tested frameworks were not current versions.

    I'm currently doing development using Prototype. The new version works quite well.
    I found the documentation here!

    They must have been sitting on their results for the last 5 months or so!

    Most of the projects mentioned are in a rapid state of development, so old news just won't cut it!!

  5. SpamAssassin 3.3.0 on PayPal Asks E-mail Services to Block Messages · · Score: 1

    According to http://www.mail-archive.com/dev@spamassassin.apach e.org/msg19513.html
    Rules to block unsigned eBay/Paypal mail should be in place by version 3.3.0

  6. Re:smaller generators and pollution. on Purdue Makes Trash To Electricity Generator · · Score: 1

    Small Correction:
      Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the United States and Mexico.
      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wal-Mart

  7. VOD Anyone? on Movie Studios OK Download-to-Burn DVDs · · Score: 1

    How about video on demand?

    With the increasing deployment of digital set top boxes, and new services such as IPTV running on VDSL lines that can receive 52Mbit/s, and service prices continuing to drop, video on demand is a more viable solution than anything involving someone having to actually burn a DVD!

    By the time these kiosks are setup so you can get a DVD burned at the Grocery store, you probably won't bother because you could just watch it at home for less than $5!

    It's also a lot easier to let your content provider deal with the legal implications than even thinking about DRM!

  8. Re:Lights? on Appliances Hog More Energy Than High-Tech Gadgets · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I put compact fluorescents in every light possible in my place after our renovation. The only other lights are the halogens in the kitchen. They are new 15w ultra compacts which emulate a 75w bulb, I thought this was better than the 13w -> 60w, a lot brighter for 2 watts!

    It was around $20CDN for 8 of them.

    They also produce a nice white light, not yellow!

    But, now that I'm not producing incredible amounts of heat from light bulbs, how much more does it cost in natural gas to heat my house?

  9. Simple message on Steve Jobs In Praise of Dropping Out · · Score: 1

    He wasn't saying "don't", he was saying "think"!

  10. Just for a laugh on How Not to Write FORTRAN in Any Language · · Score: 1

    It's funny and it's kind of on topic!
    How to shoot yourself in the foot

  11. Re:Wacky AOL Users on AOL Kills Usenet Access · · Score: 1

    Come on! That should have gotten some kind of funny rating! Geez!

  12. Wacky AOL Users on AOL Kills Usenet Access · · Score: 1

    I love when they reply to a post, and don't write a response! Oh No! I'm stereotyping AOL users!

  13. Interference! on Wireless Bluetooth Sunglasses · · Score: 4, Funny

    What a great product! Now everyone can cause WLAN interference without even trying!

  14. Re:Try FHSS! on Cutting Through a Wi-Fi Traffic Jam? · · Score: 1
  15. Skinny Insomniacs on Sleep Less, Eat More? · · Score: 1

    There seem to be a lot of skinny insomniacs out there! I've met quite a few of them.

    Does that make any sense? Shouldn't we all be just huge blobs?

    Maybe I should start a club!

    You'd have to be able to list 6 regularly occurring infomercials, know one of them of by heart. And be able to give a fairly accurate TV program outline for between 2:30am and 5:00am

    Any takers?!

    Maybe this way being awake all night wouldn't be so boring!

  16. Try FHSS! on Cutting Through a Wi-Fi Traffic Jam? · · Score: 1

    If you had, or could even find, a setup that ran FHSS (frequency-hopping spread spectrum) you would be golden!

    It uses small packets on a narrowband carrier signal. Essentially it would be like a knife cutting through all of the DSSS connections.
    Also, they would have to re-transmit quite large packets while you only had to re-transmit a very small one on every collision.

    You get two benefits, your network works, and you get to slow everyone else down!

    Technology can be so much fun!

  17. Re:adware? on Exeem "Successor" to Suprnova Announced · · Score: 2, Funny

    I have this problem all the time! Really!!!
    You have to use sarcasm tags!

    e.g.
    <sarcasm>...yeah and I'm a happy little elf!</sarcasm>

    It's a little obvious, but for subtle sarcasm it's the way to go!

  18. Re:Nazis & Commies Oh My! on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1

    As funny/strange as it is, I was just a little older than that when I was playing Street Fighter II when it came out on my SNES. Good Times!

    I don't recall thinking that a hammer and sickle, or Russia, for that matter, was Communist. I always thought that there was a huge difference between Russia and Germany.

    Also, being that I'm in my 20's, I keep up with current events pretty well!

    Maybe we were taught more about great wars because the Iraq war took place while I was in elementary school.
    Oh... Hmmmm... Yeah... War in Iraq...

    I'm not questioning small insignificant facts. WWII was a HUGE part of our history. Especially to the U.S.

    Fighting for Freedom!

  19. Re:Nazis & Commies Oh My! on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1

    No, I grew up in Canada. We tend to get taught a lot about forign countries here.

    I'm not sure I'd have learned all that I did about Russia if I had lived there!

  20. Nazis & Commies Oh My! on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1

    I can't beleive that someone that old doesn't know the difference between Natzis and Communism, or even what country represented them.

    I remember taking Russian history in school 3 times, and WWI/WWII on top of that!

    I shake my head in disbelief.

  21. Fight! on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1

    Wow!
    I can still remember how much time I spent playing Street Fighter II and all of the blister I got in the process!!

  22. Wow! on Whippersnappers Bad-Mouth Old Games · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Arrogant brats strike again!

  23. Re:You've missed something... on Four New Unpatched Windows Vulnerabilities · · Score: 1

    Microsoft has a specific support life-cycle for each product that it releases.
    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle/default .mspx

    That should help answer your question.

  24. Free Time! on 2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist · · Score: 1

    You'd never guess that Britney had enough time on her hands to do that many searches on herself!

    Than again, maybe you would!

  25. Re:tech? on 2004 Year-End Google Zeitgeist · · Score: 1

    Didn't you know, wallpaper is very technical!

    There is measuring & gluing not to mention smoothing!!

    It's all here: http://doityourself.com/wallpaper/howtohangwallpap er.htm